Top 60 Randhir Kapoor Quotes

Whatever roles were being offered to me I selected from them and here I am.

People do call her eccentric, moody but with me she has always been the same. I always talk about love with Rekha.

Yes, Super Nani’ excited me, as it is my type of film. It is a proper family entertainer.

Rajiv largely stayed with me, he had a house in Pune but he was mostly in Mumbai.

There is always a hit and a flop, it’s part of working in the film industry.

I like my peace. I am happy in my space.

We – my three brothers and two sisters – were extremely close to each other.

You see I’m a very personal man. I might have a very large exterior but I am basically quite a sober and simple man.

I can’t ever think of writing a book or an autobiography. I’m a little private person.

If you get good things, you must endure the tough times also.

I’m fortunate I have my father’s lovely bungalow with a big garden where the entire family can meet to sing, laugh, drink. No one remembers anything the next day!

There have never been any fights in the Kapoor family. We are close to even our cousins – like the way Rishi’s children and mine interact with Shashi and Shammi’s children.

I don’t get up before 12 P. M.

Rajiv was a very gentle and extremely jovial person. It is so tough to believe that he is gone.

I am not in favor of making remakes.

From day one, I was against Karisma marrying Sunjay.

I feel there is no harm in recreating songs.

Chintu, Chimpoo, and I interacted with each other every day. Chimpoo lived with me and Chintu either came to the office on the days that he wasn’t shooting or spoke to me on the phone. We didn’t need anybody when we three were together. We were a very happy circus by ourselves. We were a robust crowd!

It was a small puja for Rajiv’s chautha.

Of course, not everyone can be Raj Kapoor but that’s how it is. That’s how life is. People want to know about you when you are successful.

All birthdays are good. You’re getting closer to death. You’re getting older. You can smile and laugh at it. It doesn’t have to be bad.

I don’t work to earn my livelihood anymore.

Well, I have a 24-hour nurse since I have a bit of problem in walking due to a nerve related issue.

Every man cannot be Raj Kapoor, like how every singer cannot be Lata Mangeshkar or Mohd Rafi.

I am very moody and I work only when I feel like it.

I am not tech-savvy at all.

My life has always been an open book and it’s not such an eventful life.

Krishna Raj is being made into 17-18 floors, and all the floors will be with Rishi’s family; it’s not for sale.

For years now, I have had a great time and so has every single member of the Kapoor clan.

I tried to keep the Raj Kapoor spirit. Everybody is not a Raj Kapoor.

I love my children very much and I am grateful that they too love me very much.

Everyone knows our credentials. We are Kapoors. We don’t need to run after anyone’s money. We have been blessed with not only money, but our talent can support us for the rest of our lives.

Babita is happy where she is. We are certainly together, it is just that we decided to stay separately. She is still my wife and I am her husband.

Divorce for what? Why should we head for divorce? I don’t intend to get married again, and nor does she.

We’re like the stock exchange – we know everything that’s happening in the family. Since our kids are in the same profession, we all know how they’re placed.

While making my first film as a director, my father and grandfather used to ask me to explain the scenes by performing them myself first, so that I could improve my skills.

I think I am a decent father.

I am very happy and satisfied with my Bollywood journey.

Little ups and downs and high and low tides are there in everyone’s career.

My father was my best friend. He was conservative and traditional, but at the same time, he wasn’t strict.

Someone like Raj Kapoor is born once in 100 years. He was a one-man circus all by himself.

In the evenings, I am like any other normal man who spends some time with his friends.

All that I have learnt about cinema is from my father but all that we have learnt about life is from my mother.

I have never been a strict father.

Karisma is a single woman. If she feels like going out with somebody, she can go out.

You don’t need preparations for a family gathering. We have one almost every night where we meet, laugh, get drunk and come back home. We’re one family that’s happy among ourselves.

Kareena and Saif want to have a small, private wedding, and only the immediate relatives of the Kapoors and the Khans, and friends close to my children have been invited.

I was equally close to Rishi and Rajiv.

Shashi saab had always wished that the traditions continue, even after he bids adieu to the mortal world. He didn’t want any of us to mourn his death; his desire was to celebrate life in every form.

Half a bottle of Black Label and some good food at night are my only requirements.

I love spending time with my grandkids, and Taimur is the youngest, so everyone is so fond of him. He is not cranky, but a bit naughty and, yeah, smart, too.

We were facing a financial crunch in the early 1970s because Mera Naam Joker’ didn’t work and we suffered huge losses due to that. My father was very fond of Mera Naam Joker’ and made it with a lot of passion, love and money according to those days. But it flopped.

My father believed in moving on with time; he always said that the show must go on, come what may. That is exactly what we did when it came to RK Studios.

People have often asked me to do a remake of Awara’ with Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. When I took the idea few steps forward, we all got scared. Where will we get another Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kappor? Where will I get composers like Shankar-Jaikishen?

We Kapoors are very family-minded people. For us only family is important and we make it a point to attend each other’s birthday parties and special occasions.

People didn’t know much about Rajiv because unfortunately, he wasn’t successful and that’s the saddest part. He was a wonderful human being – warm and affectionate.

We have given our whole life to the film industry. We are grateful to everyone who has liked us and we wish that we can entertain everyone till the time we die.

Raampur Ka Lakshman’ is one of my favorite.

No one can be like Raj Kapoor as far as his vision is concerned, not even me.

And Babita is in a happy space by herself. She’s not got married again and nor does she intend to, neither do I. She continues to be my wife and I continue to be her incorrigible, horrible husband. So be it!